Manchester United dumped holders Chelsea out of the FA Cup with a 2-0 fifth-round win at Stamford Bridge to leave Maurizio Sarri’s position as Blues’ head coach ever more precarious.

Boos greeted the half-time whistle as goals from Ander Herrera and Paul Pogba, who had set up the first, earned 12-time winners United a place in the quarter-finals, where they will travel to face Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The dissent grew towards Sarri in the second half, with his predictable substitutions and refusal to compromise on his possession-based style of play leaving vast swathes of the home support to give an expletive-laden appraisal of ‘Sarri-ball’.

Chelsea supporters even joined in as United fans sang “You’re getting sacked in the morning”. It is a fate that appears ever more likely.